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PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA—Last month, the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC stands for Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) reached its golden anniversary. After 50 years of operation the organization has built up quite a résumé. For instance, it claims six different Nobel prize-winning scientists for research that discovered two different fundamental particles. And today the facility keeps on churning out science: 1,000-plus papers come out of SLAC each year from the roughly 3,400 scientific professionals from across the world that utilize the facility.
Despite all the incredible work that has taken place within its walls, SLAC has rarely been open for media members to see (understandable, since a particle accelerator could get a tad dangerous). But on its most recent milestone, SLAC shut the power down for an afternoon in order to invite Ars and others in for a look (some Stanford staff members eagerly joined for their first glimpse, too). I'm not an expert in particle physics by any means, but I jumped at the chance to partake in this rare treat. Below are some images of the crazy things found within these intensely private walls.
The tour started in the linear accelerator facility but above the actual accelerator.
Tour guide Mark Hogan, who doubles as an accelerator physicist at Stanford, was quick with some context for us. How powerful are these microwaves? They'll get you a baked potato in about one millisecond.
At 3,073.72 meters, it's not just one of the longest accelerators, but also one of the world's longest buildings period. All that power combined with all this length generates an awful lot of electricity. Hogan estimated several million volts per meter to power everything. The tour hosting group agreed the monthly power bill reached $1 million 15 years ago, but couldn't decide upon an estimate for today (energy use has gone down, but energy costs have risen). A nonscientific anecdote for the length of this thing: SLAC Media Manager Andy Freeberg told me they even hold an annual fun run alongside the structure (the longtime champion recently moved on; the crown is officially up for grabs).
The larger piping (below) is a laser calibration system that ensures the beam stays straight. The beam itself is in the smaller piping (above—close-up here). The beam gets wrapped in a unique metal—called High Nickel Content Shielding—to protect the Earth's magnetic field from interfering.
It happens to be an active area of research right now. This beam is really moving (an electron travels at 669,600,000 miles per hour, or 99.9999999 percent of the speed of light). To achieve this, there's plenty of hardware in the facility around the beam itself. There's a device containing plasma and molten lithium that doubles the acceleration of the particles (pictured here with Hogan). And there's this device, which uses magnetic power for the accelerator rather than against it, hoping to further focus the electrons.
The Linac Coherent Light Source is an X-ray producing, free electron laser that sheds enough light to see things on almost an atomic level (before ultimately destroying samples, of course). SLAC has been observing photosynthesis in the act with this kind of hardware.
The setup cost the university half a billion dollars to build. It's a partial reconstruction of the last third of the original linear accelerator, but it uses a separate "injector." So this last third functions completely independently from the other two-thirds. It happens to be the most powerful device of its kind in the world. Pictured above is one of the magnets that prevents the electron beam from becoming too wide.
The beam eventually makes it to this hall, where all the undulators reside—appropriately named the Undulator Hall. Each section contains 100 magnetic poles, three centimeters each, that wiggle the beam in order to produce the X-ray beam. In total there are 33 of these in operation, keeping things crucially aligned. In unison, these produce 10 billion times more light than just one undulator could alone. (Vertical shot of the room here; tour co-guide John Bozek pictured in each. He also happens to be an atomic, molecular, and optical instrument scientist).
The SLAC team accepts proposals for projects to utilize the space in addition to their own work (real scientists at work here in the room nearby). It's in high demand given the highest concentration of X-rays in the world is at your fingertips. The rays are also among the shortest—femtoseconds in length, according to Bozek—because when dealing with these particles "that's the time scale of nature." (Wider shot of the room here; one other section close-up here).
Bonus: Without much context, a gallery of some warning signs from the SLAC tour.
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From Openmoko
QX is a X-Server that runs under Qt Extended. Especially in the distribution QtMoko it is used to run applications like:
under Qt Extended.
Starting Applications
You can start applications that need the X-Server with the following steps in QtMoko:
- Open Main Menu by clicking on the green Q-Topia "Q"-Box.
- Open Applications (4 Boxes, red, yellow, green, blue)
- Scroll down and open QX
- Select the application that needs the X-Server (e.g. Navit)
- Click on the white Paper Icon on the bottom left to open the context menu of the QX application.
- Select "Launch" to start application
With the AUX-Button you can exit the X-Server environment without quitting the application.
- In Settings you can change the launch settings of the selected application
- with Favourites you can select the predefined applications you can add to your favourites menu.
QX Favorites
QX is the X-Server in QtMoko you can add favorites to the QX-Menu too by manual editing the files in:
The file
detemines the list of application you will see after starting QX. The file looks like this:
[Apps] list=navit, tangogps
The applicationsnames must exist and need an entry in the profiles.conf file. The file
defines the QX-settings for the application. E.g. navit needs the GPS-daemon to be started and the auto-dim function of the display is disabled. These settings can be defined for the applications individually. The file contains profile records like the following for tangogps and navit:
[tangogps] antidim=true antisuspend=true gps=true init=gpsd /dev/ttySAC1 kbd=false qvga=false rotate=false wm=true [navit] antidim=true antisuspend=true gps=true init=gpsd /dev/ttySAC1 kbd=false qvga=false rotate=false wm=true
| NOTE: You do not need a profile definition for the application to be launched in QX. Just a desktop-definition file in the folder:
Add to QX-Favourites
The following explainations show the internal structure of the QX application management. It is helpful to create installation scripts for QX.
You have installed or programmed an application with the name myapp. Test the application in the QX-terminal if it works properly. Now we add this application myapp to the application list in favourites.conf. We do this e.g. with vi:
# vi /opt/qtmoko/etc/qx/favourites.conf
The file look like this (press "I" for switching to INSERT mode):
[Apps] list=navit, tangogps, myapp
Add myapp press ESC and :w for "write to file" and ":q" for "quit VI".
| NOTE: You can use programs for myapp (e.g. a shell script with xdialog), that have a desktop-definition file in the directory:
If you want to use your own scripts in QX with an icon, create a desktop-definition file first (see synccal.desktop as an example below) and save this file in /usr/share/applications.
Now we have to add a profile record for myapp in file profiles.conf. We do this e.g. with vi:
# vi /opt/qtmoko/etc/qx/profiles.conf
The file is depended on your settings could look like this and e.g. the following lines (press "I" for switching to INSERT mode):
[myapp] antidim=false antisuspend=true gps=false init= kbd=false qvga=false rotate=false wm=false
Then press "ESC" and ":w" for "write to file" and ":q" for "quit VI".
Listed Favourites
The available applications for the favourites in QX are defined in the directory:
The files have the extension .desktop and have the following structure (e.g. navit.desktop is defined like this:
[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=Navit Name[de]=Navit Name[fr]=Navit Comment=The open source vector based navigation program with routing engine Comment[de]=Ein vektorbasiertes Navigationsprogramm Comment[fr]=Le logiciel opensource de navigation vectorielle Exec=navit Icon=navit StartupNotify=true Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=GTK;Utility;Geography; GenericName=Navit GenericName[de]=Navit
You can define the
- Name,
- Comment and
- Generic Name
for differnent languages. The main variable is Exec=..., because it defines the command executed, when you click on the icon in QX.
| NOTE: The navit icons are stored in:
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/navit.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/navit.png
The icon should be located in:
So copy the icon into the pixmap directory:
cp /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/navit.png /usr/share/pixmaps/navit.png
New desktop-definiton file for SyncCal
As an example we want to use the shellscript of Mossroy for syncing an iCal-file into the Qt-Calendar (see QtMoko ics2qtcal Installation]). We have a working script
that performs an import of in iCal-file in the Qt-calendar. We create for synccal a desktop-definition file, that is visible in QX via vi.
vi /usr/share/applications/synccal.desktop
We call the desktop-definition file synccal.desktop and enter the following definitions:
[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=SyncCal Name[de]=SyncCal Name[fr]=SyncCal Comment=Syncing remote and local ics-file into Qt-Calendar. Comment[de]=Ein perlbasiertes Script fuer den Import von ics-Dateien in QtMoko Exec=synccal Icon=synccal StartupNotify=true Terminal=true Type=Application Categories=GTK;Utility;Dialog; GenericName=SyncCal GenericName[de]=SyncCal
Icons for the QX-Application
If you want to have a special icon for your new application see free e.g. 100000 Free Clipart and store the icons in the following directory with the name synccal.png.
The name is defined by the definition:
in the file synccal.desktop. If the icon is not in the image format PNG, you can install ImageMagick and convert the file:
# apt-get install imagemagick # cd /usr/share/pixmaps/ # convert synccal.gif synccal.png # rm synccal.gif
Remove QX-Favorites
You just have to remove the application name from the list of applications in:
You do not need to remove the application profile for your application in profiles.conf.
If you want to remove an application not only from the favourites list and from the list of available application in QX then remove the desktop-definition file in the folder:


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BOSTON — Republican Mitt Romney conceded defeat in the presidential contest early this morning, saying the nation had chosen Barack Obama to remain president for another term and that it was time for the nation to unite behind him.
"This is a time of great challenges for America, and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation," Romney said.
Romney spoke to cheering supporters in a hotel ballroom in Boston. The former Massachusetts governor said he was proud of the campaign he had run but that voters had made another choice.
• Obama wins 2012 presidential election, defeats Romney in tight race
• Analysis: Obama wins, but Washington remains unchanged
• Obama in victory: 'The best is yet to come'
Romney thanked his running mate Paul Ryan, saying that besides his wife, Ann, the Wisconsin congressman was "the best choice I've ever made." Romney predicted Ryan would have a bright future serving the nation.
Romney struck a note of bipartisanship after the bitterly fought contest, saying elected officials must find common ground.
"We can't risk partisan bickering and political posturing. Our leaders have to work across the aisle to do the people's work," Romney said.
It was a bitter loss for Romney, who lost decisively to Obama after portraying the Democrat as out of his depth and unsuited to steer the nation's limping economy. Romney hoped to convince voters that his background as a successful private equity investor gave him the experience Obama lacked to boost the slow economic recovery.
Instead, Romney saw nearly all the major battleground states tip Obama's way including Iowa, Wisconsin, Virginia and Ohio, the hardest fought prize.
Romney supporters cheered a win in North Carolina, which Obama captured four years ago. But it was a rare prize in an evening that broadly favored the president.
The Republican nominee spent Election day campaigning in Ohio and Pennsylvania, a Democratic-leaning state that Republicans hoped to put in play. Obama won Pennsylvania Tuesday.
Romney told reporters he had written a victory speech that he thought would conclude his yearslong quest for the presidency.
"I feel like we put it all on the field. We left nothing in the locker room. We fought to the very end," Romney told reporters aboard his plane.
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While Alawites identify as Muslims they have historically been rejected by mainstream Islam. To be accepted as leader, [Bashar's father Hafez al-] Assad had to persuade Sunnis and Alawites alike that Alawites were, in fact, mainstream Muslims.
The regime denied any public space for Alawites to practice their religion. They did not recognise any Alawite council that could provide religious rulings [which] could have been a tool to clarify the Alawite religion to other sects and religions and to reduce suspicions over what many Syrians perceive as a mysterious faith.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A natural gas explosion in one of New England's biggest cities on Friday leveled a strip club and heavily damaged a dozen other buildings but didn't kill anyone, authorities said.
Firefighters, police officers and gas company workers in the area because of an earlier gas leak and odor report were among the 18 people injured in the blast, authorities said.
"This is a miracle on Worthington Street that no one was killed," Lt. Gov. Tim Murray said at a press conference.
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Firefighters responded to the scene at 4:20 p.m. and were investigating the gas leak when the blast happened about one hour later. The cause of the explosion hadn't been identified but was under investigation, they said.
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Mayor Domenic Sarno said it was through "God's mercy" that nobody had been reported killed in the explosion.
"My thoughts and prayers are with the individuals that have been injured and the people who have been displaced," he said, adding that emergency shelter was being set up for those unable to go home.
An official of the gas company said there were no signs of any additional gas leaks in the area but crews would be monitoring the area closely over the next two days.


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I saw this Pottery Barn Branch Advent Calendar, and I fell in love...then I looked at the price $299.00.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Pottery Barn Inspired Branch Advent Calendar
I saw this Pottery Barn Branch Advent Calendar, and I fell in love...then I looked at the price $299.00.
38 comments:
- Ambrosia said...
You did a great job! I can't believe how those little red cups look JUST like buckets!!! I may do this for my boys.
- November 17, 2010 at 8:14 AM
- Amy @ Increasingly Domestic said...
Oh my gosh! So cute!
I think that I like yours better than PB...it's more rustic looking:)
So rad!
- November 17, 2010 at 3:42 PM
- Marcie @ DWYH said...
Love this project! Thanks for sharing :)!
- November 17, 2010 at 6:05 PM
- Laura at Ms. Smartie Pants said...
You are brilliant!!! I knew someone would do a knock off of this but the plastic cups was very clever and inexpensive idea!!!
- November 17, 2010 at 8:44 PM
- Louisa said...
How cool! I love it! I've already made two Advent calendars. Now I want to make one like yours as well.
- November 18, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- Tam-A-Roo said...
Wow! I was just at my dollar store yesterday looking for some small pots...I think I might try your version...amazing!!
Thanks for sharing!
- November 18, 2010 at 6:49 PM
- AttemptingAloha said...
Great job! I was just about to list my "PB-Inspired Advent" on Remodelaholic, and yours was listed directly above mine. he he he.
Feel free to check it out. I used the fabric one more for my inspiration.
Again, lovely advent. I just became a follower (almost to 100!). Keep those cheap knock-offs coming!!
- November 19, 2010 at 8:34 AM
- EditorK said...
I added this project to our site and linked to you. We are looking for more Christmas Crafts as well, so if you have any similar projects please feel free to let me know.
Editor, www.allfreechristmascrafts.com
- November 19, 2010 at 10:24 AM
- Beth said...
When I saw this in the PB catalog I just knew it had "copy me" written all over it and you have done a FABULOUS job at making it your own! Love the use of the red cups. So cute!
- November 19, 2010 at 6:20 PM
- Heather - Dollarstorecrafts.com said...
Sweet! My favorite thing is that you made those cups look JUST like buckets! Very well done. I just linked up at Dollar Store Crafts. http://dollarstorecrafts.com/?p=8583
- November 19, 2010 at 8:06 PM
- Elizabeth said...
You did such a great job with this! Looks so great! Would love for you to come and link up to Made with Love Monday at Sew Chatty this week! http://sewchatty.blogspot.com/
- November 20, 2010 at 3:41 PM
- Wendy said...
I love this ! What a beautiful, natural look. And, man, I never would have guessed those were spray-painted plastic cups. Good thinking!!
- November 20, 2010 at 8:53 PM
- Unknown said...
I love the natural look the tree branches give. And good for you for being so ahead of the game. I have the supplies to make my own Advent calendar and there they sit. Not to mention all of the little things that need to be found and purchased for each day.
- November 21, 2010 at 10:52 AM
- Jill said...
Oh that looks fantastic! What a great job! and far better than a store bought version! I can't believe how realistic your sprayed cup buckets look!
Thanks for linking this to A Round Tuit!
Hope you have a lovely week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
- November 22, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- Katie Brown said...
You did a great job with this! I love it!
- November 22, 2010 at 8:58 PM
- Meredith said...
this is awesome. no joke. love it.
- November 23, 2010 at 12:36 PM
- McClure Family said...
Awesome job!!
I linked to you here: http://mcclurefamilyspace.blogspot.com/2010/11/advent-calender-ideas.html
- November 23, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- Unknown said...
what a brilliant idea!
- November 23, 2010 at 7:08 PM
- Charity said...
Love it! I just wrote a post about the different varieties of advent calenders, and I added the pottry barn one because I think it is SO cute. Come check out the rest:
You did a great job!
- November 24, 2010 at 7:38 AM
- Moms Crafty said...
Love this!! And the cups look just like buckets and your PB knockoff is a huge success! Got to make this for the holidays.
- November 24, 2010 at 10:55 AM
I really thought these were little buckets when I first saw the pics. This is so cute! I'm including it in my Friday Favorites this week!
- November 24, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- Pickled Pink said...
You did an AWESOME job! I absolutely love it & just may have to "borrow" it:)
- November 24, 2010 at 6:35 PM
- Bella @ Bella before and after said...
Yup I'd say you def hit the target on this one. How much more awesome can you get girl???? I would NEVER EVER EVER spend 300 bucks on that pottery barn thingy, but shoot yours turned out better than I could have imagined. Oh and the fact you got an awesome silver manicure is just better, lol, cute!!
I MUST try this one out. Wonder all the different ways you could use this. GREAT idea.
Thanks so much for linking to **Amaze me AUgust** and I have to add this to my holiday party as well ** 6 weeks 2 JINGLE** hope you don't mind.
Thanks again,
Bella :)
Oh and please come back soon, to enter a HUGE giveaway, as of now there are SEVEN gifts up for grabs. You won't want to miss this!!
- November 28, 2010 at 4:20 PM
- Sassy Sites! said...
I featured this over at Trash to Treasure Tuesday... what a TREASURE!!! I am in love with this idea! I think you are a genius for using the red plastic cups! :) Tomorrow is Christmas advent link up, I would love for you to link this one up then too! :)
- November 30, 2010 at 6:21 AM
- Theprincessandthetot said...
I could not have been more shocked to see that this was made from plastic cups. I was sure that you had found little tin pails. You did a fantastic job and it is just adorable!! Enjoy starting it tomorrow!!!
- November 30, 2010 at 7:46 AM
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- December 1, 2010 at 9:08 PM
Thanks so much for linking up to Handmade Tuesdays @ Ladybug Blessings! I love that you made this with cups, super creative!! I'm actually featuring it in my next post :)
- December 1, 2010 at 9:10 PM
- Unknown said...
Looks great!
- December 3, 2010 at 5:13 PM
- Nichelle @ Vintage Wanna Bee said...
Thanks for linking up at Tatertots and Jello! I'd love for you to come check out my blog:
Mucho love!
P.S. I'm your newest follower!
- December 3, 2010 at 10:40 PM
- The Painted Home said...
love this! i wanted to make one, but was too cheap to by 25 buckets!! great idea with the paper cups! -denise
- December 4, 2010 at 5:00 AM
- kim west said...
it looks amazing! I love it! i love that spray painted cups..I thought they were real buckets! AWESOME JOB!
- December 4, 2010 at 9:14 AM
Wow, that's amazing! Thanks for sharing this great tutorial! I'm your newest follower, stopping by from Tatertots & Jello!
- December 5, 2010 at 2:40 PM
- Mari @ Choochmagooz said...
Fantastic...And I like it more than the PB one too. Like the rustic look and definitely prefer the price! $299...REALLY!?!
- December 6, 2010 at 8:42 AM
- Bella @ Bella before and after said...
Hey Macey, just wanted to let you know I FEATURED you today. I really LOVED your take on this advent calendar, and am a bit LATE on getting some of these features out, BUT, I do appreciate you all so much. Thanks for linking to **Amaze me AUgust**, I LOVE having you, and really look forward to what you do next.
Thanks again, and make sure to come grab yourself a button, and display it proudly girl!!
Bella :)
- December 22, 2010 at 8:36 PM
- AmyH said...
LOVE this! Thanks for auditioning for American Crafter:)
- January 12, 2011 at 9:25 AM
- Linda@CraftaholicsAnonymous said...
So stinkin awesome! Love it!
happy crafting!
- January 27, 2011 at 6:55 PM
- Brandi said...
Such a great idea! i love that you spray painted the cups. It turned out so cute.
- June 21, 2011 at 6:57 PM
- Unknown said...
great idea. i love the combination of wood and silver.
I linked to your tutorial on my blog - thanks for sharing!
doro K.
- November 23, 2011 at 11:37 PM


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I was asked to review Juice Here Now, a juice e-book from Pura Vida Pantry. Of course, I jumped at the chance. When I can afford to juice, I tend to stick with recipes since my creative conceptions tend to be disastrous. Thankfully, the e-book is loaded with recipes for fresh juice to cure all kinds of ailments from hangovers to thyroid problems. It also contains smoothie recipes (which I can always use help with) and even recipes using the pulp leftover from your juices.
When I saw the recipe for PVP Viper Juice, I knew what I had to start with. Just read the description for this tomato-based veggie cocktail made with kale, carrots, garlic, jalapeno, celery, cucumber, and cilantro:
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Here's what went into the PVP Viper:
Here's the juice. I made a jar of this to enjoy for breakfast for the past few days:
I use a Jack Lalanne juicer, and it makes a ton of pulp. I never know what to do with it, but Juice Here Now has recipes for utilizing pulp. I made some extra tomato pulp, onion pulp, and vinegar to mix with my PVP Viper pulp in this Salsa Fresca:
Yea, it's a little weird eating juice pulp for salsa. But once you get past that weirdness, it's pretty delish and refreshing.
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That's five chances to enter, folks! So get busy! And good luck! I'll randomly choose a winner on Monday night.


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Exclusive Scandal Postmortem: Fitz's Shooter Speaks Out!
[Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Thursday's episode of Scandal, including the identity of Fitz's shooter. Read at your own risk!]
Who shot Fitz?
It's been the question plaguing Scandal fans all week - and unfortunately, the answer is one that will surely enrage those fans. The shooter is...
Huck (Guillermo Diaz)! Yes, Olivia's loyal soldier was seen packing up a sniper rifle while wearing a red sweater that matched the description of the shooter's. Why Huck, why?! We decided to take that very question to his portrayer, who dishes on what's in store following the shots heard round the world:
Is speed the new suspense on TV?
Did Huck really shoot Fitz (Tony Goldwyn)? Seriously?!
Guillermo Diaz: It's [executive producer] Shonda Rhimes' world, so you never truly know what the full story is. Everybody doesn't really know Huck's past. Like, we know some of it, but we don't know his full past. We do know that he's willing to do whatever he needs to do for the job. I could see him doing it. He's capable of it.
When you turned to that page in the script, how shocked were you that Huck was standing in that room?
Diaz: Oh my God, completely shocked. I was like, "What? It can't be!"
What could even be his motivation to kill the President?
Diaz: Right. That's such a good question. Even just that question throws up a bunch of other questions like, "Was it Olivia [Kerry Washington] that could have possibly put him up to something?" Because he does whatever Olivia says and he's so loyal to her. Could she possibly be involved somehow? It lends itself to so many other questions. Even when that question of "Did Huck shoot the President?" is answered, then people are going to have a whole ton of other questions asking why and how could he do that? It's just going to continue on and people are just going to be more and more curious and intrigued about Huck and about what's really going on. I think at this point too, the team and even Huck don't really know the full story of what's going on and what is going down, so it's up in the air for all of them as well.
Will anyone find out about Huck's involvement? Will OPA get involved and try to help him?
Diaz: I can say that Huck is going to become the client.
What will Quinn's (Katie Lowes) reaction be considering she's already been so suspicious of Huck? Is that going to drive an even bigger wedge between the two of them?
Diaz: I guess it could go either way. You know how sometimes people that have done something wrong or something they're not proud of and then they find out that someone else has done the same thing? Then they feel this kind of connection with that person. It could either bring Quinn and Huck closer or it could pull them apart. I know she's questioning a lot right now, but I think eventually she's going to realize that we're all a dysfunctional family. Sometimes things happen in families that we're not proud of or that we know we shouldn't have done. But we're still family, nonetheless. You stick by each other.
Scandal Scoop: Will Harrison succumb to guilt?
You say Huck is loyal to Olivia, but will Olivia be loyal to Huck during this time?
Diaz: Yeah. I think so. I think as much as Huck feels like he owes Olivia so much for saving him, I think Olivia feels like she owes Huck a lot as well because Huck has been there for her. He's put himself on the line for her. I think she knows that. So, I think she will stand by his side and be there for Huck and be loyal to him as well.
It seems like Huck couldn't find one of the shells for the gun at the end of the episode. Is that something that might come back to hurt him?
Diaz: It's a possibility that that shell that he was looking for could come back to haunt him. It's certainly a possibility. Honestly, I don't know for sure right now. But I think they kind of highlighted it a little bit so it could be a possibility.
Charlie (George Newbern) returned earlier this season, so should we assume maybe he is involved with whatever went down with this shooting?
Diaz: Yeah, man. Anything is possible. Charlie's crazy. Charlie's a trained assassin like Huck is. He's been around. We know from Season 1 that Cyrus (Jeff Perry) hired him to kill Amanda Tanner (Liza Weil). Again, he's been around. He was in that "Spies Like Us" episode, and I think he's hungry. He's hungry to work and he's a little bit angry at Huck for what Huck did to him. He's kind of a bit of a loose cannon. It's definitely a possibility.
Have you guys, as actors, been sitting around set throwing out theories as to why Huck might have done the deed?
Diaz: Yeah. We have a little bit. I mean most of the time, we've just surrendered to it because as much as you try to guess stuff, you don't know for sure until you get that script. So we've just surrendered to the great writing and trusting Shonda and the writers and the producers that it's just going to be another edge-of-your-seat nail-biting episode and script. It's driving me crazy trying to figure stuff out. So, I just have to sit back and enjoy the ride. It's like a rollercoaster. You've just got to close your eyes and keep going.
What did you think of the big reveal? Hit the comments with your thoughts!
Scandal airs Thursdays at 10/9c on ABC.
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Check Out the First Photo of Shakira's Unborn Baby
Shakira's baby hasn't even been born yet, and we're already getting the first photo of the wee one.
Shakira's boyfriend and baby daddy Gerard Pique posted a photo of the ultrasound Thursday. "His first pic," Pique wrote. "#excited #cute."
In September, the 35-year-old new Voice judge announced she was expecting her first child with Pique, 25. "As some of you may know, Gerard and I are very happy awaiting the arrival of our first baby!" reads the message. "At this time we have decided to give priority to this unique moment in our lives and postpone all the promotional activities planned over the next few days."
Send your congrats to the expectant couple in the comments!
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The obverse design features a rendition of Augustus Saint-Gaudens' full length figure of Lady Liberty with flowing hair, holding a torch in her right hand and an olive branch in her left, with the Capitol building in the left background. The design is taken from the $20 Saint-Gaudens gold coin which was commissioned by Theodore Roosevelt to create coins like the ancient Greek and Roman coins. The reverse design, by sculptor Miley Busiek, features a male eagle carrying an olive branch flying above a nest containing a female eagle and her hatchlings.
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Bheja Fry – Movie Review
I saw the movie Bheja Fry at long last! Been hearing all kinds of good things about it – and what made me finally go and see it wasn't just because that it was said to be 'different' and 'funny' and not typically Bollywood, and also because it had got good ratings from reviewers.
Well, the movie isn't bad at all. In fact, its fun to watch. Good time-pass. And thankfully not a long movie, just one and a half hours. People in the theatre enjoyed the movie and as we walked out everyone was in a good mood, laughing amongst themselves, repeating the dialogues, and I heard someone say: Good time-pass.
The movie is different and it's funny. Now, that's true. It's different because it's basically a low budget film shot almost wholly in a bungalow where most of the action is conversation. No songs and no glamour. No elaborate sets, no exotic locations. It's difficult to make a movie like this interesting or funny, but this one is both.
The story revolves around a part-time singer who works in an income tax office (Bharat Bhushan played by Vinay Pathak). He is pleasantly plump and well, a bit of an idiot who gets on people's nerves. The story is also about a rich and arrogant music director (Ranjeet Thadani played by Rajat Kapoor) who along with his friends invites a 'guest' for dinner every Friday, just to have a laugh at his expense. This time they choose this guy, the singer, who calls himself Bharat Bhushan.
The dinner party doesn't finally happen due to unforeseen circumstances, but Bharat Bhushan does come to Ranjeet Thadani's house and the situation gets complicated partly due to Bharat Bhushan's bungling, much to the chagrin of his host. At some points the movie reminded me a little of Mr. Bean, but Bharat Bhushan is not really like that, not that much of a clumsy idiot. Just a well meaning fool who tries to help others but in the process makes a complete mess of things.
But frankly if it wasn't for the acting of Vinay Pathak who acts as the idiot, the movie would have been a completely flop. There are some very very funny moments in the movie…and all because of Pathak's mannerisms, the way he repeats his dialogues, the way he locks his briefcase, the way he speaks…well, the movie is all him.
There are only a handful of characters. Besides these two main characters there is Milind Soman (he plays Ranjit's friend Ghosal) whose acting was pathetic and forced, Ranvir Shorey who acts as Asif Merchant (Bharat Bhushan's friend) and his acting was completely over the top. Too farcical to be funny. Sarika, who plays the wife of Ranjit Thadani acted quite alright, but she plays the serious parts, and was not comic. Rajat Kapoor was very good in parts but I felt paled in comparision to Vinay Pathak.
One thing about the story or situation I found a quite odd…Sarika plays the fickle wife and in fact keeps changing her mind about which man she wants to be with. And in the movie several other wives are shown to have left their husbands…Bharat Bhushan's and Asif Merchant's and ofcourse, Milind Soman's. All these wives seem to be playing musical chairs with men (all older women with no sign of any kids in the background!) and while it was quite funny, I was left a little puzzled…until my daughter told me when I came home that the movie is a copy of a French movie!
Ahh. Then it fits. The rapid changing of partners is a theme of many French movies and in fact a subject of various French comedies. It is a satorical reflection on their society. Not ours. I have not seen the original French but a search of the internet confirmed that the movie is indeed alleged to be a copy. I was terribly disappointed. Sure, the title (Brain Fry) is cute, but I wonder what else.
Sagar Ballary who directed the movie and wrote the screenplay has apparently lived up to Bollywood's name. He has allegedly made a movie thats a copy of a western movie…this time not of a Hollywood movie, but of a French movie. What a shame, specially as it has been reported that Ballary has made a lot of money on this movie as its a low budget film.
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I thought Milind Soman did well with what he had … also the child-free, romantically-challenged class it portrayed is part of the India of the future


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No draft picks for Cavs, but 'we made good decisions'
All was quiet at Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday.
No picks plus no movement added up to a pretty uneventful NBA Draft night for the Cavaliers.
The Cavs' attempts to acquire a pick were unsuccessful. Getting a high pick would have been next to impossible, and the likelihood of the Cavs being a participant, period, did not seem possible as the night wore on.
"Walking into the draft with no picks, our goal was to explore and try to get one of the 15 guys we really liked and felt could be good NBA players," General Manager Danny Ferry said. "By the time things started to become available, none of those players were on the board anymore."
This marks the third time the Cavs have not made a selection since the draft was shortened in 1988. They had no selections two years ago, but they acquired second-round pick Martynas Andriuskevicius from Orlando on draft night.
"We did our work," Ferry said. "We identified the 15 guys we wanted. They were gone by the time picks were available. I'm happy because we didn't make any bad decisions. We made good decisions to stay put where we are, and we build from there."
Ferry turns his attention to the free agency period which starts Sunday. The lack of cap space does not give them the flexibility to land a big-time free agent, but they have their mid-level (around $5.5 million) and bi-annual ($1.8 million) exceptions available. They also hope to re-sign restricted free agents Sasha Pavlovic and Anderson Varejao.
Cleveland could have had as many as three picks in the draft, but they were traded away during the past three years.
The Cavs sent their first-round pick (No. 24 overall) to Boston for Jiri Welsch in 2005. Phoenix acquired the pick from the Celtics and chose Spaniard Rudy Fernandez, but the Suns traded Fernandez's rights to Portland for cash.
Cleveland's second-round pick (No. 54) went to Orlando in the 2004 deal for Varejao and Drew Gooden. The Magic sent it to Houston for cash on Thursday, and the Rockets selected Australian Brad Newley.
Charlotte chose Boston College's Jared Dudley in the first round (No. 22) with a pick the Cavs used to own. The Cavs acquired it from Toronto for Lamond Murray in 2002, but they traded it to the Bobcats for Pavlovic two years later.
Thursday's draft was still a little intriguing for area basketball fans even though the Cavs did not make a pick.
As expected, Portland selected Ohio State center Greg Oden with the No. 1 overall pick. Buckeyes point guard Mike Conley Jr. went to Memphis at No. 4. Philadelphia chose Ohio State shooting guard Daequan Cook at No. 21 in the first round. Cook's rights were then traded to Miami.


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Greg Kroah-Hartman, maintainer of the Linux kernel's stable branch and the Linux driver project, is leaving his position with SUSE to join the Linux Foundation in a full-time fellowship role. Kroah-Hartman will now have more time to oversee kernel development and work with the Linux community, while leaving aside the responsibility of working for a vendor. (The SUSE Linux project was owned by Novell, and now Attachmate.)
"There were no direct conflicts working for SUSE, as the people there understand how important the individual developer, and their voice, is in the Linux community," Kroah-Hartman told Ars this week in an e-mail interview. "But, working in a vendor-neutral environment like the Linux Foundation allows me to spend a larger amount of time interacting with other companies and vendors, as well as helping Linux out in environments that were not necessarily the focus of my previous employer."
Kroah-Hartman was a fellow at SUSE, where he spent seven years, and his last day with the project was Tuesday of this week. Kroah-Hartman, who lives near Seattle, now joins several other fellows at the Linux Foundation, most notably Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds. In his role maintaining the Linux driver project, which he also created, Kroah-Hartman helped nudge Microsoft into submitting drivers that let the Hyper-V virtualization software work with Linux-based operating systems. In addition to the Linux stable kernel branch and driver project, he maintains the code for a variety of Linux subsystems.
With Kroah-Hartman expanding his already considerable influence over the Linux world, he answered a few questions from Ars about the current state of Linux and its future.
What's next for Linux?
We asked Kroah-Hartman which areas of Linux he'd like to see gain more development resources, and if he's expecting any major advancements in fields like power management and virtualization. "We always say that Linux kernel development is 'evolution, not intelligent design,' in that solutions are found to problems as they come up, so making forecasts as to what is going to happen in the future is always quite difficult," he noted. "Right now, I do not know of any specific areas that are needing more resources. Power management and virtualization both have numerous talented developers already working on the issues involved, and both are areas that are advancing quite rapidly."
Kroah-Hartman's goals to improve Linux are more about creating a better process. "My personal goals are to make the ability to create Linux kernel code easier, reducing and removing barriers that people find to become members of the community, as well as ensuring that Linux works for all new hardware platforms that are created," he said. "Focusing on helping companies, and individuals, become part of the kernel development team are things that I am going to be focusing on, be it improvements in internal kernel APIs to make them easier to use, or just simple education efforts to help others understand what the steps are to get involved."
Linux in the mobile world
When we asked Kroah-Hartman if improving Linux on mobile devices is one of his top goals, he scoffed, saying "As Linux is the number one embedded operating system, how could I make it any better? :)"
To the question of whether Android's huge popularity has changed Linux development, he said "It has increased the number of different companies and individuals contributing to the kernel development project, which is a very good thing. The larger our community is, the better we scale, and keep up to date with newer hardware platforms."
Microsoft's contributions to Linux
Kroah-Hartman was instrumental in bringing Microsoft's Hyper-V into the Linux fold, a project started in 2009 after it was revealed Microsoft violated the GPL free software license by using open source components in a Hyper-V driver.
Today, work with Microsoft is going well, Kroah-Hartman said. "The code has been in the Linux kernel for a few years now, and has recently moved out of the staging area of the kernel, into the main portion of the different kernel subsystems for the specific drivers," he said.
When asked if he's happy with Microsoft's contributions to Linux, he said "I am very happy with their contributions. The work that they have done on their drivers is amazing. The original driver submission was over 20 thousand lines long. Two new drivers have been added to the codebase, and lots of cleanup, making the final line count around 7 thousand lines. This shrinkage shows that working with the kernel community enables companies to reduce the size of their code, making things faster, easier to maintain, and less buggy."
The obligatory question about desktop Linux
Finally, we also asked Kroah-Hartman which desktop Linux distribution and user interface he prefers, and whether he can do anything in his new role to promote Linux on the desktop. "I've used Linux as a desktop for 15 years now, so I don't understand the infatuation that people seem to have about this issue," he said. "I personally use GNOME on my desktops. As for the desktop market share, this is not a problem that the community can do much about, it is a business decision by the various hardware manufacturers as to if they wish to ship Linux or not."
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It's one thing to finally muster the resolve to take action to curb the effects of climate change. It's another thing to actually get it done. One commonly discussed goal (perhaps drifting out of reach) is holding warming under 2°C, beyond which researchers say the damage adds up much more quickly. To do so, overall greenhouse gas emissions need to drop to less than half of what they were in 2000 by the year 2050. But can every source of emissions achieve that reduction?
A new analysis published in Nature Climate Change zeroes in on one significant source of emissions—the aluminum industry. In the same way that we can think about Earth and ecosystem processes like the carbon cycle or the nitrogen cycle, the paper lays out an economic aluminum cycle (with a fantastic figure). Aluminum is mined and processed, turned into raw products used in the manufacturing of goods, and ends up somewhere at the end of its useful life. The researchers modeled the cycle and the results showed that reducing emissions throughout the cycle will be tough.
The first product that comes to mind when you consider aluminum might be beverage cans, but that accounts for a pretty small piece of the pie. And while many aluminum products are effectively recycled, a fair amount of the metal still ends up in landfills. Indeed, Aluminum has become a poster child for recycling in general, since the smelting of aluminum ore is such a voracious consumer of energy.
Smelting is where the majority of the emissions are generated. Recovering pure aluminum from ore requires huge amounts of electricity, often supplied by coal-burning power plants. (Though the aluminum industry is huge in Iceland, despite its lack of ore, due to its plentiful geothermal and hydroelectric capacity.) And it all adds up—this aluminum cycle accounts for a little over one percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Because that process is so expensive, the industry has a strong incentive to recycle. Over half of the raw aluminum that enters the manufacturing sector comes from recycled material. Still, two-thirds of that is pre-consumer scrap—waste from the manufacturing process—rather than post-consumer scrap like beverage cans and automobiles. "Only post-consumer scrap recycling has the potential to significantly lower total energy use and emissions," the researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology write.
To project how changes to this industry could affect emissions in the future, the researchers constructed a model of the aluminum cycle, using it for nine different scenarios covering the spread of potential future changes to global aluminum demand. For each scenario, they evaluated the effectiveness of emissions-mitigation strategies such as capturing more post-consumer aluminum for recycling, making the smelting process more efficient, and using cleaner sources of energy to satisfy the remaining demand for electricity.
The 50 percent emissions reduction relative to 2000 goal was only achieved in one of the nine scenarios—the one with the lowest future demand. Technological advances simply cannot sufficiently offset the effect of increasing demand to hit that target.
In the model, long-term trends in emissions were controlled by recycling efficiency and aluminum demand, so improvements to the smelting process only had an impact in the short-term. The researchers point out that this means those improvements would have to be realized in the near future for the benefits to really outweigh the development costs. Their value depends on rapid implementation—a fact that seems likely to apply to other industries, as well.
The relationship between emissions and economic activity
A letter in the same issue of Nature Climate Change demonstrates a separate point relevant to understanding future emissions patterns. Some emissions projections make a simplifying assumption: emissions increase as GDP rises, and decrease at the same rate when GDP falls. The author, Richard York of the University of Oregon, writes, "…CO2 emissions depend not only on the size of the economy, but also on the pattern of growth and decline that led to that size."
For an example, one needs look no further than the recent economic recession. "This may help explain in part the observation that the reduction in global CO2 emissions in 2009 following the global financial crisis was modest compared with the increase in emissions in 2010."
York surmises that this is at least partly due to the fact that many things purchased during times of economic growth—like cars, for example—hang around even if new purchases slow. Regardless, as GDP fluctuates in the future, emissions will keep ratcheting up.
These details—how emissions track economic output and how aluminum demand will affect efforts to reduce emissions—matter as we try to chart a future course that minimizes additional warming. Knowing the lay of the land is necessary to efficiently get from point A to point B. Doubly so when the clock is ticking.
Nature Climate Change, 2012. DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1698, 10.1038/NCLIMATE1699 (Open Access) (About DOIs).
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Just days after Apple announced it had settled all its patent disputes with HTC, lawyers that had opposed Apple in a much bigger dispute—Apple v. Samsung—said that they wanted to see the settlement. Their argument was that if Apple had licensed to HTC patents it said it originally wouldn't license at all, then that should be considered in post-trial motions to determine whether Apple will be allowed to kick some Samsung phones off the market.
US Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal, who oversees discovery issues in the Apple v. Samsung litigation, ordered a last-minute hearing on the issue the day before Thanksgiving. The same day, he issued his order [PDF]: Apple will indeed have to disclose the amount and the terms of the settlement. Grewal also allowed both sides to conduct additional depositions relating to post-trial briefing over possible additional damages or injunctions.
However, the world will likely never know the exact terms HTC and Apple agreed on. The settlement will be revealed for "attorneys' eyes only," so only outside counsel litigating the dispute will be allowed to see the documents. Analysts' reports that the company could be paying $6 to $8 per phone were dismissed by HTC CEO Peter Chou as "outrageous."
The next step is a key hearing about whether Apple can get an injunction or additional damages. That's scheduled to be held in San Jose, before US District Judge Lucy Koh, in early December.


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I was stopped in my tracks when I saw the latest installation in the quilt case in the American galleries. The nineteenth-century quilt now on view is astonishingly beautiful and technically amazing—a mesmerizing combination of quilted, embroidered, appliquéd, and stuffed cotton. The red, pink, and green swag border, large floral designs (the "Rose of Sharon"), with their marvelous arabesques of green stems with big red berries, contrast brightly with the patriotic, star, and flower motifs quilted into a background of white squares featuring a variation on the Great Seal of the United States. These all-white dimensional designs are magnificently visible in the raking light of the display case. And the whole quilt stands out dramatically against the gallery's crimson walls. The title is equally eye catching: Buchanan's Banner with "Rose of Sharon."
Buchanan's Banner was made in 1857 by two sisters, Margaret and Gillian P. Wright, from Monroe County, Missouri, to celebrate the election of James Buchanan as fifteenth President of the United States (1857-61). The quilt begs close examination to discover all its superb details, such as the raised drum and drumsticks and "liberty" banner included with each of the four Great Seal representations that symbolically flank the central "Rose of Sharon" variation like north, south, east, and west cardinal directions. There is an exuberant blossoming energy to the entire design and masterful execution that ironically is at odds with Buchanan's legacy—his failure to prevent the Civil War. History aside, I would love to know if President-Elect Barack Obama's upcoming inauguration is inspiring any new American quilts of such extraordinary quality.


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A kind-hearted uncle is put on trial for murder in a comic novella that includes some of the most entertaining courtroom scenes in American literature
The Ponder Heart. By Eudora Welty. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 168 pp., $12, paperback.
By Janice Harayda
Jane Austen told a would-be novelist that "three or four families in a country village is the very thing to work on." And much of her comedy turns on the arrival of an outsider in such a group – most famously, Fitzwilliam Darcy's entrance into the world of the Bennets, Bingleys and Lucases in Pride and Prejudice.
In that sense, The Ponder Heart is Eudora Welty's most Austenian book. The wonderfully named Ponders and Clanahans and Sistrunks have held sway in Clay, Mississippi, for generations. Then a newcomer turns up: 17-year-old Bonnie Dee Peacock, who is "no bigger than a minute" and promptly marries Uncle Daniel Ponder, a rich, kind and mentally slow man whose greatest happiness lies in giving things away. When Bonnie departs as suddenly as she arrived, Uncle Daniel finds himself on trial for murder in one of the most entertaining courtroom dramas in American literature.
First published in The New Yorker in 1953, The Ponder Heart is a light-hearted and at times farcical social comedy that takes the form of a monologue by the endearingly self-assured Edna Earle Ponder, the proprietor of the faded Beulah Hotel in Clay, Mississippi. Edna says, "It's always taken a lot out of me, being smart," and the appeal of her tale lies partly in her astute, matter-of-fact send-ups of her fellow Mississippians.
"The Peacocks are the kind of people keep the mirror outside on the front porch, and go out and pick railroad lilies to bring inside the house, and wave at trains till the day die," Edna says.
Everything about that sentence is perfect: its deadpan wit, its vivid images, its distinctive syntax (such as the dropping of the "who" from the phrase, "the kind of people keep"). And it suggests why many critics believe that Welty's superb ear for the speech of many Southern groups – men and women, blacks and whites, city and country folk – reaches a high point in The Ponder Heart.
But Welty never makes dialect an end in itself, as so many novelists do. She always uses it to make a larger point that is as disarmingly frank and surprising as her language. Edna Earle suggests one of the themes of The Ponder Heart explaining why Uncle Daniel keeps finding reason come into town from the big Ponder house out in the country. "There's something that's better to have than love," she says, "and if you want me to, I'll tell you what it is – that's company."
This is the first in a series of daily posts about Southern literature. Tomorrow: Willie Morris's memoir of his Southern boyhood, North Toward Home.
(c) 2009 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.


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